BLAKEMORE 
BLAKEMORE leads all other varieties — North or South, East or West — in total production 
and total acres planted. 
BLAKEMORE is the best early shipping berry the Southern states have ever had. It does 
well as far north as Maryland, southern ^Jew Jersey, and the Ohio Valley. With few excep- 
tions, it is not recommended farther northj Performance alone brought Blakemore its great 
popularity and lightning-like spread over the southern and lower middle states. In many 
areas, it revived a lagging berry industry. Here are some of the things which made Blake- 
may partly explain this. As fresh fruit, they 
must have sugar added to be good. 
Blakemore berries are medium to large in 
size when beds are not too thick. Some 
thinning of plants helps eliminate the small 
berries which very thick beds and dry 
weather tend to produce. 
Yellows resistant plants- Due to the na- 
ture of Blakemore yellowing, no one can 
know for sure that their stock is yellows- 
free. However, for three straight years, we 
were not able to find any trace of yellows 
either in our stock plants or in our fields. 
This year there is a trace, but no more than 
can be completely rogued out. You will 
get plants that are highly yellows resistant 
all that any grower can guarantee. 
more's wonderful performance possible; 
Blakemore is a strong, vigorous grqwer 
which makes a good fruiting bed under 
almost any conditions. 
Blakemore will stand more abuse and 
neglect in growing, picking and shipping 
than any other variety ever known and still 
make money for the grower. 
Berries are very firm — ideal for long dis- 
tance shipping. 
Berries ripen uniformly all over and have 
a bright attractive color which they retain 
even after they get quite ripe. 
Blakemore berries are most popular with 
commercial canners and packers. At times 
they will take no other variety. The fact 
that the berries are quite tart as well as firm 
SOUTHERN GROWERS— ALL BLAKEMORE GROWERS— SET BLAKEMORE FOR VIGOR, 
PRODUCTIVENESS AND PROFIT. PROTECT YOUR PROFITS WITH ALLEN'S 
YELLOWS-RESISTANT BLAKEMORE PLANTS. PRICE LIST, PAGE 31. 
